Let's Talk About Race

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This book will help public and school librarians face their own biases, showing them how to have honest discussions with children, their caregivers, and storytime attendees, as well as their colleagues. Lester has distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio talk-show host, and professor. Following the brutal killing of George Floyd by ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, we have been left wondering about the best way to help.

If we ever want to make the world a place where everyone is valued, young people must ask themselves these questions and develop empathy for those who are different. Learning to put in the effort to intentionally learn about and consider the lived experiences of those who are different to you, is the first step towards avoiding unintentional harm and will help you on your anti-racism journey.The book describes the types of racism (interpersonal, institutional/structural, and internalized), explores the implications of normalizing and privileging whiteness, provides a historical context for understanding present-day racial disparities, and includes African American cultural practices often misunderstood by whites.

To become anti-racist we need to make an active and conscious effort to work against all aspects of overt and systemic racism. Let's Talk About Race and Racism' is a College initiative intended to inspire new dialogues about race and racism, to learn from those dialogues, and create stronger communities in College, in the University, and beyond.

This stunning picture book introduces race as just one of many chapters in a person's story" (School Library Journal). While she could tell you all the ways she is involved in Libraryland—she will tell you that the coolest millennial thing for her was when MTV reached out for an interview.

Janeen has worked in private practice for over 10 years and built a multidisciplinary health network along the way known as Creative Lotus.It is a thoughtful book with compelling pictures and layered illustrations that encourage reader to linger on each page. She is also the author of “ The Interracial Adoption Option: Creating a Family Across Race” (2013), “ Imaging in Advertising: Verbal and Visual Codes of Commerce” (2007), and “ Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States” (2000). She has recently left the NHS to focus on providing culturally competent therapy and supervision in both the public and private sector. This text can build knowledge on diversity because it explains that at lot of people judge others based on their race and skin color and this book lets children know that you shouldn't judge someone based on their race and skin color. In the end, his solution is for us all to take off all our clothes and skin and see that we are the same.